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ROTATING BOTTLING APPARATUS.

'No.4s6,999. Patented sept. 2s, 1890.

in labor and expense.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AGST REMPEN, OF LINDEN, NEAR HANOVER, ASSIGNOR TO FRANZ HEUSER (Sz: OO., OF HANOVER, GERMANY.

RoTATlNc BoTTLlNc APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of .Letters Patent No. 436,999, dated September 23, 1890.

Application nea Ama 14, 188s. Renewed August T0 all whom it may concern.-

f Be it known that gI, AUGUST REMrEitmachinist, a subject of the King of Prussia, residing at 41 Deitterstrasse, Linden, near Hanover, Prussia, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotating Bottling Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Referring to the draWings,Figure I is a vertical axial section of my improved bottling apparatus. Fig. II is a section taken on the line A B of Fig. I; and Fig. III isa section of the cock and its casing, taken on the line C D of said Fig. I.

' The invention relates to apparatus for bottling liquids, and has for its object to increase the efficiency, thereof and effect an economy f The invention consists in the combination, with a stationary supply-pipe and distributing-valve, of revoluble discharge-nozzles and bottle-supports; in the combination, with the supply-pipe and revoluble discharge-nozzles, of an automatically-operating cut-oft valve and pressure-regulating devices, and in structural features and combinations of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully described and set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, a indicates a tubular standard or column secured to or provided with a foot-plate a2. At the upper end of the column a is connected a valve-casing a', to which one end of the supply-pipe fis secured, the lower end of said pipe being connected by pipe or hose f with the cask or other vessel from which the liquid is drawn. To the valve-casing a. is secured a distributing-valve b, which is substantially the plug or spindle of a stop-cock Whose barrel or casing c is provided with discharge-nozzles d, the bore or passage of which communicates with a chamber e, formed in the distributingvalve b and with the axial bore lo of said 27,1890. Serial No. 363,188. (No model.) Patented in Germany September valve. As shown in Fig. II, this chamber e 5o occupies about three-quarters of the inner area of the spindle Vor plug, so that when the valve-casing is provided with four nozzles d, as in the example given in the drawings, three such nozzles will at all times be in communication Wit-h the axial bore of the valve h. Each nozzle is provided With an annular shoulder or abutment, against which seats the larger end of a conical rubber stopper d', and said nozzles are provided with a passage h, Figs. I, II, andlll, that serves as a gas-vent, each of said passages being in communication with a chamber g, formed inthe distributingvalve b, which chamber is in communication through a passage m and pipe m with a float casing or cylinder N, into which said pipes m project some distance.

lVhen the valve-casing has four nozzles d, the distributing-valve will have three chambers g, so arranged that three of the nozzles will at all times be in communication with the casing N, this arrangement being more clearly shown in Fig. III. The duct or passage h in the nozzles extends beyond the stopper elf, and opens outwardly, so that when liquid iioWs into a bottle the air displaced therefrom or the aircontained in the empty bottles and the gases liberated when gaseous liquids are bottled Will flow into the cylinder N.

Upon the column a is mounted the bottlecarrier, comprising a tubular standard c', to which the valve-casing c is rigidly connected,

said standard being free to rotate on the 'column a, and has radial arms y pivotia'lly connected therewith. Each of. these" armsv carries a holder z for the bottle, said holders'beving made removable, so ',that they'may be b is seated the float-casing N, hereinbefore referred to, which comprises a glass cylinder` n and metallic heads n n2, secured Huid-tight thereto. The casing N is screwed on or otherwise secured to the valve b, suitable washers being interposed between said casin g and the revoluble valve-casing to prevent any leakage at that point.

The casing N is provided with a stop-cock u and with a pressure-regulating valve v, and within said casing is arranged a float o, guided by an axially-disposed iioat-rod q. To the float 0 are secured depending lugs o2, to which is pivoted one end of levers o', fulcrumed on studs o3, projecting vertically from the lower head n2 of the casing N. The other end of the levers o is pivotally connected with the rod fr of a ball-valve s, that has its seat r in the casing a', to which the delivery end of the supply-pipe f is secured.

The operation of the improved bottling apparatus for bottling non-fermented or nongaseous liquids is as follows: The hose or pipe f is connected with the source of supplyas, for instance, a cask or barrel, which may be located on a higher level than the apparatus, or the contents of the cask may be supplied to the apparatus under pressure by forcing air into the same. Each nozzle having a bottle applied thereto, as shown in Fig. I, the supply is turned on, the operator taking his position at that nozzle which is not in communication with the supply through the valve Z1. Vhen the three bottles in communication with the supply are filled, the attendant revolves the standard c about ninety degrees, thereby bringing the empty bottle into position to be filled, while the supply is cut off from one of the full bottles,which is removed and an empty one substituted,when the same operation takes place, and so on until the supply is exhausted. The airdisplaced from the empty bottles passes into the casing N and is allowed 'to escape through the stop-cock u. As the filling may proceed more rapidly than it is possible for one man to remove the filled bottles and substitute empty ones therefor, the excess of liquid supplied will iiowinto the neat-chamber N, thereby lifting the ioat o. The upward movement of the float will cause the levers 0' to move the valve s through the medium of the valve-rod r to its seat, thus cutting olf the supply.

It is obvious that the mechanism for operating the cut-olf valve through the medium of the liquid itself might be dispensed with and any suit-able cut-off interposed in the supply-pipe; but by the construction referred to it will be observed that the attendant is free to devote his entire attention to the re moval of the filled bottles and the substitution therefor of empty bottles, the apparatus requiring no other attention on his part such, for instance, as the manipulation of stop-cocks.

Where fermented liquors are bottled and carbonio-acid gas is used for forcing such, the

stop-cock u may be connected with the source of supply for the purpose of returning thereto the liberated gases, while the pressure in the float-chamber may be regulated by more or less loading the valve n.

One great advantage in the described apparatus is that when used forbottling so-called aerated liquids or fermented liquids all escape of the gases can be avoided by returning the same to the cask or barrel, as described, by opening the stop-cockuafter connecting the same by pipe with said cask or barrel whenever the pressure in easing n is such as to unseat the valve fu.

Although I have shown a bottling apparatus provided with four nozzles, and although I have found this the most convenient, affording ample work for a single attendant, I

do not desire to limit myself to this number,

as a greater number of nozzles may be provided. When this is the case, the distributin g-valve b will be provided with as many gasescapes less one as there are nozzles-that is to say, if the valve-casing c has n nozzles, the valve b will have n l gas-passages m, and pipes m connected with the float-casing N.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. In a bottling apparatus, the combination, with a valve-casing provided with a plurality of discharge-nozzles, each formed with a liquid and a gas passage, respectively, of a distributingwalve, around which said casing is adapted to revolve, said valve having a single distributing-port for the liquid in perpetual communication with all of the discharge-nozzles except one, and a separate gas-port for all of said discharge-nozzles except one, and adapted to register with the gas-passage in said nozzles, and a supply-pipe in communication with the distributing-port of the valve, substantially as and for thepurposesspecified.

2. In a bottling apparatus, the combination, with a valve-casing provided with a plurality of discharge-nozzles, each formed with a liquid and a gas passage, respectively, of a distributing-valve,on and around which said casing is adapted to revolve, said valve having passages for the liquid and the gas arranged to communicate with the corresponding passages of the discharge-nozzle, a vertical supply-pipe, to which the valve is connected, and a bottle-carrier revoluble on said vertical supply-pipe, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a bottling apparatus, a vertical sup ply-pipe, a tight float-chamber, and a distributing-valve connected with said pipe and chamber, said valve having a single distributing-port in communication with the supplypipe and float-chamber, and a plurality of gaspassages opening into said float-chamber, in combination with a valve-casing revoluble on the distributing-valve, and having a plurality of discharge-nozzles, each provided with a liquid and a gas passage, respectively, the liquid-passage of all of the discharge-nozzles IOC IIO

except one being in perpetual communication with the float-chamber through the valve distributing-port, and the gas-passages of said nozzles being adapted to communicate with said float-chamber through the like passages in the'distributing-valve, a float in said floatchamber, and a cut-olf valve connected with said float and operating to cut off the supply of liquid to the distributing-valve,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. In abottling apparatus, the combination, with the supply-pipe provided with a valveseat at its outlet end, a cut-off valve, and a distributing-valve connected with said outlet end of the supply-pipe, said distributing-valve being provided with an axial bore, and a delivery-port communicating with said bore, of a valve-ca`sin g revoluble around the distributing-valve and provided with discharge-nozzles, a float-chamber, a float arranged therein, intermediate connections' between the iioat and cut-off valve operating to carry said valve to itsseat at the outer end of the supply-pipe when said iioat rises under influx of liquid into the iioat-cliamber, and a bottle-carrier revoluble with the valve-Casin g, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. Arbottling apparatus consisting of a supi ply-pipe, a distributing-valve in communication with said pipe, and a valve-casing provided With discharge-nozzles and arranged to revolve around the valvein combination with a tubular standard-revoluble around the supply-pipe, radial arms articulated to said standard, and springs exerting their power to draw the arms toward the standard, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

6. A bottling apparatus composed of a tubular standard, a supply-pipe arranged therein,

a distributing-valve in communication with the supply-pipe, and a valve-casing arranged to revolve around the valve and provided with discharge-nozzles, in combination with a bottle-carrier composed of atubular carrier revoluble on the tubular standard, radial arms articulated to said carrier, and springs p connected with the arms, and revoluble carrier arranged to draw said l'arms toward said carrier, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

7 A bottling apparatus consisting of a tubular support, a supply-pipe arranged therein, a distributingvalve, a fluid-chamber interposed between and rigidly connected with said valve and supply-pipe, and a cut-o valve arranged in the iluid-chamber and operating to cut off`tl1e supply of fluid t0 the distributingvalve, in combination with a valvecasing provided with discharge-nozzles and adapted to revolve around the distributingvalve, and a bottleicarrier composed of a tubular carrier adapted to revolve on the tubular support, and spring-actuated radial arms articulated to said support, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

8. In a bottling apparatus, the combination, with a stationary supply-pipe, a like distributing-valve, and a valve-casing provided with discharge-nozzles revoluble on the valve, of a cut-off valve s, adapted to seat on the end of the delivery-pipe, and actuating mechanism comprising a float o and levers o', connected to the valve-rod r of valve s, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. AUGUST REMPEN.

Witnesses:

THEoDoR LANGE, J 0H. KRACKE. 

